Harry POV
Walking out of the bathroom, heat ran through me. Why had I done that? What came over me?
Thrusting a hand through my hair I opened the doors that lead back to the hall. Taylor had no reason for doing what she did, and for her to do it right after I got sidetrack with Carter's bullshit was all the confirmation that I needed that Carter was involved. It took everything in me for me not to go introduce my fist with his jaw again, and the only reason why I was even holding back was because the principal was standing there looking at me with all shades of fucked up considering my girl just ran out covered is punch, and probably because word did get back to him about my first fight here having to do with her, although she doesn't know that.
So instead of kicking his ass now I made my way over to Charlotte who was too close to Ashton. And when I mean to close I mean, arm locked with him, as he laughed about something that he showed her on the board in front of them.
"Char." I call as she looks up at me and unlocks her arm from Ashton's a little too fast.
"Yes?" she says.
"Pebbles want you."
Her brows pinch together, "What's wrong?"
"You didn't hear?"
Charlotte looks at Ashton as she shakes her head, "No."
Taking a breath I say, "Taylor threw punch on her, so she's kind red right now."
"That camel toe bitch!" Charlotte shouted a little too loud, "When did that happen?"
"When we went to get drinks."
"I left after you did to go outside with Jeff to get my things from his car."
I raised a brow, "What happened?"
She shakes her head, "Mom needed her car and he didn't want to take me back home."
"Upstanding citizen." I joke.
She shrugs as she says, "Come on Asher, our other half needs us."
Ashton pats my shoulder as he and Char head to the bathrooms as I headed to my car. Walking outside I noticed that it was raining and I smiled, Pebbles was right.
Running to my car I pulled my keys from my pocket as I stopped. The wind blew as I picked up a scent. At first I thought to ignore it, but when my hand shook from what I knew was fear my head shot up back to the hall.
"Pebbles."
Taking off running inside I didn't slow down as the guards told me to stop running. I went from one door to the next as I slid to a stop outside the bathroom. Pushing open the door I called, "Pebbles!"
No answer.
"Pebbles!" I yelled as I looked underneath each stall. Standing there for a second I listened to the voices in the hall until I picked up on Charlotte and Ashton Talking.
"She's fine, she probably just decided to have Harry take her home." Ashton says.
"Maybe." Charlotte says, "I guess I'll call her later. Check in on her."
Pulling my hearing back I looked around. The bathroom is empty, all beside my hat that sat under the sink. Picking it up I instantly recognized the scent that covered it. Turning it upside down to see a note with her purse that read.
You have 1 hour, or she dies. Time starts at 9.
Crumbling the note into a ball I pulled out my phone as look at the clock, 9:03. "Shit!" I curse as I head out the back dialing Liam.
"Hello?"
"He's got her." Was all that I said as I stepped back out in the rain, rounding the building.
"Where are you?" asked Liam.
"Headed back to the flat. Call Nick, and the boys, I need them there by the time I get there."
"Done." Says Liam as he hangs up the phone.
Tossing my hat and her purse into the passenger side I stick my keys into the ignitions as I start it up and pull off.
My head was in a million different places. I was angry, and the longer it took for me to get to the flat, the more the beast was itching to be let out.
As soon as I got to the flat, Liam met me at the door as he says, "What happened?"
"Rick was there." I say as I head up the stairs to my room, "I didn't catch his scent, not till after he left." Stripping off my shirt I grabbed a plan black one as I pull that on as I pushed my wet curls out of my face, "I don't know how I could be so stupid!"
"You didn't know that they would pull something tonight."
"With Ty showing up last night I should've known better to leave her by herself."
"Harry," Liam called out to me as I ignored him. Switching my car keys for my motorcycle keys I grab my long black coat as I headed back downstairs.
"Harry wait! What are you going to do!" he ask.
"I have to go looking for her, he's going to kill her if I don't get to her in an hour."
"But you don't even know where to begin looking."
"This town isn't that big, and if I know how anybody works it would be The Rebels."
"Why don't you just wait for Nick, he should be here soon."
I shake my head as I head for the door, "You wait for him, tell him I started already."
"But Har-"
I cut him off as I slam the door behind me. There was no time to wait, my clock was already ticking. Getting on my bike and strapping on my helmet as I look at my watch, 25 minutes pass 9. Kicking up the kick stand I raced out of the driveway and decided to let my wolf instincts take over.
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Anna POV
"She's still sleep." I hear someone say from over me.
Rolling on a rough surface, I groan as I place a hand on my neck which seemed to sting. "Ashton?" I call out in a harsh voice as I opened my eyes, blinking wildly against the low light.
There was a laugh followed by someone saying, "Sorry love, names not Ashton."
Opening my eyes I looked up to see cold blue eyes staring at me as I jumped back on what I assumed was a dirty old bed.
"But considering we didn't really introduce ourselves the other night, I'll start. Name is Ty."
I looked from him to Rick as what happened in the bathroom replied and my head as I say, "What's going on?"
"Well my love, that's for us to know and for you to find out."
Looking at my escape path and taking in the fact that they both stood to my right I jumped up and charged for the door as they laughed.
"Maybe we should tell her that she needs a key to leave." Says Ty.
"You mean like this?" asked Rick as I turned back to him to see him holding a key in his hand.
Tears burned my eyes, "What do you want?"
"The Gem."
I shook my head, "I've told you already, I don't have it."
Rick nods, "I know."
"Then why are you doing this?" I asked as I looked between the two.
"Because orders are orders and boss man has a theory." Say Ty as he looks at his watch.
"A theory?" I asked.
Ty nods as he steps towards me, "A theory. Now Louis tells me that Harry has become protective of you."
"So?"
"So?" Ty says as he looks at Rick, "So I'm saying that's a bit out of the norm considering the fact that I know Harry, and I know without a shadow of a doubt Harry despises humans. If I'm correct he is sicken by then."
I shake my head, "Harry isn't like that."
"Oh sweetheart." Ty says walking to me as I press myself flatter against the wall, "I know Harry, I mean I should considering he was my Alpha for over 3 years."
My eyes met his as I hoarsely say, "Your Alpha?"
Ty watches my expression as he laughs and looks at Rick, "Oh he hasn't told her yet."
"No wonder why she has so much hope in him." Rick looks at me, "He hasn't told her that he use to run team Rebels before he turned good."
I shook my head in disbelief, "I don't believe you."
"Believe it love, because it's true." Says Ty as he steps back from me as he takes a cloth and says, "Now I've been given orders to give you a test."
"What kind of test?" I asked.
He shrugs, "You see."
In the corner of my I see Ty unwrapping the cloth in his hand revealing something sliver. As soon as I saw what was in his hand I moved from where I stood as I say, "Stay away from me."
"Now this will only hurt a little." Says Rick as he laugh, "Maybe a lot."
Watching Ty as he approaches me I looked around for weapons anything I could use but to my surprise there was nothing in the old cabin room. The rain poured outside as I took in a deep breath my eyes darting between the two. The closer they got the more my hands began to shake. Instinct told me to use the elements but I knew if I did that they would have their confirmation that I was a witch. But the more I looked at the knife that Ty held the more I didn't care.
Balling my hand into a fist I took a quick breath as I focused on the air in the room. Instantly feeling energy pour down my arms I held up my arm to them as they flew back a few feet.
As the flew against the wall, falling to the ground on all four, I starred at them dumbfounded for a moment shocked that it actually worked.
Rick was the first to laugh as he says, "Well I be damned! We have a witch in our presences! Boss man will be more happy to learn that we killed you."
Raising my hand to where Ty fell I blew the knife out his grasp just as he went to reach for it.
"You bitch," he snarls as he stares at me as he says, "Doesn't matter. Your going to die anyways."
Looking up I hadn't notice Rick charging for me until he tackled me to the ground. Swinging my arms I made contact with his ribs as he pulls my arms behind my back tightly. Standing in front of me Ty makes his way to where Rick had me on the floor as he pulls a syringe.
"Don't worry love, this was meant to happen." Rick says, "You know it's a destiny thing."
I squirmed and fought against Ricks grip as Ty smirks and raises the syringe plunging it into the side of my neck. I screamed as soon as I felt the needle being pushed deep into my neck, and just as soon as it went in, that was as soon as it began to take effect.
My vision darkened and my world spun. It felt like I was being pulled into another dream but this time I knew, when I woke up I wasn't going to be looking at a vision from the past. My thoughts were hazy as I could feel Rick pick me up walking me over to what I assumed was the bed. My eyes fluttered as I took in their figures.
"Sweet dreams." Ty says as he laughs and turns away.
I could hear the double being opened and closed as I could hear the door being locked. I tried to move to get out the bed but everything felt like cement and it was hard for me to move. As my breathing became shallow I glanced up at the ceiling as my lips parted and I whisper and thought out, "Harry." Just before my eyes officially closed and I fell into a slumber
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Harry POV
Where is she? is what kept running through my head as I drove. Time was ticking down and I still had no idea where she was. Slowing to a stop in the middle of the road I glanced at my watch as I noted the time.
9:50
10 minutes left and I was no closer to finding her, than I was when I left the flat. Dialing Liam's number it rings twice before he answers.
"Find her?" was the first thing he asked when he answered.
"No, any luck on your part?"
"No, we have Luke and them scouting the area, but Haz," he says as he takes a deep breath, "I don't think we'll find her in time."
"We don't have a choice Liam, we have to." I snapped as my hand tightened against the handle on my motorcycle. Rain began to pour hard as I looked out to the empty road before me.
"Haz you have less than 5 minutes before 10, we have no leads and we don't know where to look."
I could feel my eyes shifting as I say, "What are you saying Liam?"
There was a pause before he says, "Maybe this is how history works. With what has happened in our past history's maybe this is what was supposed to happened. Maybe,"
The wind shifted around me as I heard my name.
Harry
Looking around I saw nothing, as my muscles tensed.
"Haz? Are you there?" I heard Liam asking as I began to smell smoke.
Looking around I pulled my phone from my ear as I paid attention to my surroundings. Zoning out the sound of the rain, I extended my hearing and sense of smell. At first I didn't register anything but then that when I picked up on smoke. Frowning I looked over to my right in to which I could see faintly smoke rising high into the sky. A beeping echoed into the night as I began to smell Vanilla in the air.
"Pebbles," I says as I kick back up my kickstand.
I could hear Liam calling my name over and over as I clicked on the line before shoving my phone back into my pocket.
I'm coming Pebbles, I said sending my thought out to her. I had no idea if she would hear me but I had to have hope, Just hold on.
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Anna wake up! yells a voice in my head.
Groaning I rolled over on my side as I coughed. My whole body ached and felt heavy. I didn't want to wake up.
Anna wake up!
Images of Ty and Rick standing over me began to flood into my head as it begins to pound. Jumping up into a sitting position I take in a deep breath as I start coughing. Flames engulfed the place, and my lungs ached as dark, noxious smoke filled the air. The room was dark and the only light that shined came from underneath the door as a faint beeping noise sounded off in the room. Struggling off the dirty temporary bed, my legs wobbled as I braced myself against the wall. You need to get out. says a familiar voice in my head as I walked around the dark room padding down the walls trying to find the door. Was it still locked? I thought as I found the door, gripping the handle to turn the lock, which to my surprise it opened without any struggle. I began coughing as I stepped into the hallway. Flames ate at the stairs making it impossible to use that as my escape.
A shadow moved in the corner of my eyes and as I turned to look I spotted a guy, the guy with a shadow face who haunted my dreams. Only this time he wasn't as transparent as before. The fire around me faded for a split second just enough for me to see his face. As I went to call out his name the smoke grew more thick around me as I pull my shirt over my mouth coughing as I hear, "Pebbles!" being yelled from outside as it echoes inside of my head. Turning around I looked at the window that was at the end of the hall and ran to it. Standing outside in the rain stood a tall figure wearing a dark trench coat, as water dripped from his hair. Warmth covered me as I knew instantly it was Harry.
"Pebbles you have to jump!" yells Harry.
Opening the window like door that lead to a small side balcony I looked down from the second floor of this cabin as I gripped the railing. Heights were never my thing and that sure wasn't going to help the situation at hand now.
"Pebbles jump!" yells Harry.
"I can't!" I yell closing my eyes.
"Don't worry I'll catch you!"
Despite the situation at hand I realized how calm his voice was and how close he felt, regardless of the fact he was on the ground, and exactly 20 feet from the window. Heat covered me as I take a quick glance back at the hallway I could see the flames as it swallowed the hallway behind me. Stepping over the railing I placed my hands behind me, steadying myself.
"Pebbles jump! You don't have much time!"
Taking in a deep breath, I closed my eyes and let go of the rail, as I squatted down a bit to jump. Just then something popped in the room as the flames grew bigger. A beeping in the distant died down as I looked black at Harry.
"Jump!"
Jumping from the railing something exploded back in the back room. The blast set off and blew hot air against me, sailing me straight for the trees. I screamed as Harry swore, I covered my face ready to go head first into the trees, but to my surprise I never made contact.
"It's okay." Harry says as he holds me, "You're alright."
We were now sitting on the ground with my head nuzzled into his shoulder. Pulling away from him I blinked wildly at him as I turned my head to cough. I looked around me to see that I was surrounded by trees, and off in a far distance I could still smell the smoke from the fire.
"Are you hurt?" asked Harry as he leans me against his leg that he had propped up so I can sit up straight as he pushes my hair out of my face checking me.
I shook my head as he pushes my wet hair out of my face.
"Can you tell me what happened?"
I looked up in the sky as the night air was beginning to be filled with smoke.
"There was a fire." I say clearing my throat, "Rick," I say as I look at Harry, "Rick found me in the bathroom. Ty was with him, he said," I coughed, "He said this was supposed to happen, and that this is my destiny."
I coughed again trying to get the smoke out of my lungs, Harry rubs my back as tears burned my eyes, "Relax, you're okay. I have you."
I nod as he leans my head on his chest. I took in a few short breaths trying to correct my breathing when I pulled away from him. Something was off. Raising my hand to touch his arm I ran my fingers over the cut fabric. HArry flinches as I pull away and look down at my arm that sported a red mark.
"Your hurt?"
"I'm fine, it'll heal." was all that he said.
My eyes ran over him as I asked, "How did you find me?"
"I told you Pebbles, I'll always find you." he says as he reaches up and wipes my cheek in which I didn't know was wet from tears.
"Harry Ty said something, something about you and The Reb-"
Harry shakes his head, "Not here." Sirens echoed from a distance as he says, "Let's get you out of here, okay?"
I nod as he tighten his grip around my side and places his arm under my legs. Wrapping my arms around his neck I held onto him as I could begin to feel my body tremor.
"Hold on." He says.
I nod as I bury my face into his coat as he takes off running. The night air was cool on my arms as I took in a sharp breath. We arrived at his bike a few seconds later since he wasn't parked too far. Standing me on my feet he pulls out his keys and looks at me.
"Are you cold?" he asked.
I shook my head, "No."
Taking my hands into his, he says, "But you're shaking."
"I'm fine."
"You just jumped out of a two story cabin, you aren't fine." When I didn't respond he looks at me as he says, "Climb on."
Straddling the bike I climb behind him as I wrap my arms around his middle, my shaking increased as I pulled away and clutched my hand into a fist.
"What's wrong?"
"I-I can't hold on." I say.
Turning around he looks over his shoulder as he says, "Get off."
Climbing off, Harry scoots back on the bike a bit and says, "Come on."
"You can't drive this with me in front of you."
"I can and I will. So hop on."
I didn't move.
"Pebbles," he says, "It's going to be fine. I wouldn't put you in harm's way."
I looked at him as I nod. Stepping to him I tried to think how this would work as he says, "Put this on."
Handing me his coat I went to say I didn't need it, but stopped as he cuts me off, "It's raining and you're in shocked, for this once Pebbles stop being stubborn and put on the coat."
Taking it from him I slid my arms into the sleeves as I wrap it around me as I instantly became englufed in his scent.
"Now, turn around." he says.
Turning around Harry grabs me by my side as he picks me up and sits me sideways in front of him, where my butt sat in-between his legs, and my legs hung over his thigh.
"Wrap your arm around my neck." He says.
I nod as I do what he asks. Taking my other arm he places it on his side as I grab onto his shirt.
"You okay?"
I nod, "Are you sure about this?"
He nods, "Everything is going to be fine." He says as he kicks up his feet, revs the engine, pulling me towards him more, to the point there was no breathing space he whispers, "I won't drop you."
"I know." I say back as I lay my head tiredly on his shoulder.
I could feel him staring at me as kisses the top of my head, letting his lips linger for a second before he revs the engine again and takes off.
The ride to his house was long, and cold. The night air hitting my skin face felt like, sharp razors but I made no notion to tell Harry about it, instand I just nuzzled my head onto his shoulder, soaking in the warmth that radiated off of him. As we pulled into the driveway my eyes felt heavy and I wanted to go to sleep, slowing to a stop I heard someone yell, "Harry."
Harry turns off the bike as he puts up the kick stand and picks me up again.
"Is she okay?" I hear Liam ask.
"Barely." Says Harry as we walk over the threshold and into the house.
"What happened?" I heard Niall ask.
"Rick and Ty found her."
"How?" asked Niall.
Harry shrugged as we made a left turn and he lays me on a couch.
"Nick!" Harry yells as he bends down next me, "How are you holding up Pebbles?"
Blinking hard I stared at him, "I'm tired." I say softly.
Harry smiles as he runs a hand over my cheek, "Rest luv, It's going to be okay."
I nod as I hear footsteps enter the room. Looking over Harry's shoulder I spotted Nick walking in as he ask, "What happened?"
"Rick found her and took her to an abandon cabin and set it on fire." Says Harry as he stays kneeling at my side.
"Why?" asked Liam.
Harry shakes his head.
"How do you feel sweetheart?" asked Nick.
"Sleepy, very sleepy." I say.
Nick motioned Harry to stand and to move as he walks to me, but much to his dismay Harry stood but only moved an inch from me. Prying my eyes opened he flashed a light in them as he says, "What do you remember about tonight?"
I blinked a couple times adjusting to the light he flashed, "Rick and Ty found me at the hall they corner me and before I could run the stabbed me with something sharp in my neck and the next thing I remember was being in the cabin."
Nodding his head Nick motions to my neck as he says, "May I?"
I nod.
Pulling down the collar to my neck, Nick motions too Harry as he says, "Focus on the scent, not of hers but of the medicine."
Leaning down an inch from my neck Harry inhales deeply as Liam says, "What is it?"
"Tranquilizer." Says Harry,
My eyes blurred a little as my focus went in and out.
"How much?" asked Nick.
"From the scent, he gave her more than enough to knock out a horse." His eyes found mine as he asks, "She shouldn't be up yet alone talking with how much he gave her."
Touching a hand to my forehead, he takes my wrist and checks my pulse on my wrist as he says, "Her heart is racing, and her temperature is strong." Looking up between Liam and Harry he added confused, "Her body is fighting it off." Looking down at me he asks, "Anna can you tell me how you was able to wake up?"
Starring at him I forced my eyes to settle on him as I say, "He called me."
"Who?" asked Nick.
"The guy from my dreams."
"What guy from your dreams?" asked Nick.
My vision started to darken as I said, "I'm so tired."
"I know sweetheart, but I need you to tell me about the guy in your dreams. Who is he?"
I shook my head, "I don't," images from the fire flashed in my head as I remember the guys face as the fire bought an actual image to it. I knew him, he's name was at the tip of my tongue.
Pebbles I heard Harry voice in my head as I felt his hand touch my cheek, Pebbles I need a name. Who called you?
I could feel warmth flooding from him to me as I sigh, resting my head into his hand as I say the name that sat on the tip of my tongue which was, "David." Before I fell into utter blackness.